Disturbances reflecting expected or culturally approved responses to certain events would not be an American Psychiatric Association definition of a psychological disorder.
a. Engaging in repetitive behaviors in response to unwanted urges
b. Fearing and avoiding situations which may be difficult to escape
c. Experiencing mood swings that alter between mania and depression
d. Focusing extensively about negative events and distressing situations
a. Engaging in repetitive behaviors in response to unwanted urges
Engaging in repetitive behaviors in response to unwanted urges is a characteristic of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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a. The pineal gland becomes active. b. The corpus callosum prevents the left and right hemispheres from synchronizing. c. Brain activity becomes confined to one central area. d. Activity spreads more widely in the brain.
Children often rely on _______________, or "rules of thumb" to solve problems
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True or False: A one-way, repeated-measures ANOVA can be used to analyze data with a quasi-IV, as well as with a true IV.
a. True b. False
Class inclusion is:
a. the ability to focus on subclasses and a larger class at the same time. b. the ability to put things in sequence based upon one characteristic. c. the ability to think about objects that are not currently present. d. the ability to reverse one's thinking.